Identity and Subsistence - Gender Strategies for Archaeology

InIdentity and Subsistence, a number of scholars look at how the idea of gender has worked with respect to the formation of the self, ideas of femininity and masculinity, human evolution, and the development of early agrarian and pastoralist societies.

Sommario

1 Introduction
2 The Prism of Self: Gender and Personhood
3 Sexuality in Archaeology
4 Archaeology, Men, and Masculinities
5 The Archaeology of Nonbinary Genders in Native North American Societies
6 Gender and Human Evolution
7 Gender Dynamics in Hunter-Gatherer Society: Archaeological Methods and Perspectives
8 Gender and Early Farming Societies
9 Women, Gender, and Pastoralism

Info autore

Sarah Milledge Nelson is John Evans Professor of Archaeology at the University of Denver in the anthropology department and director of Asian studies.

Riassunto

InIdentity and Subsistence, a number of scholars look at how the idea of gender has worked with respect to the formation of the self, ideas of femininity and masculinity, human evolution, and the development of early agrarian and pastoralist societies.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sarah Milledge Nelson, Sarah Milledge (EDT) Nelson
• Con la collaborazione di: Sarah Milledge Nelson (Editore)
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.08.2007
• EAN: 9780759111141
• ISBN: 978-0-7591-1114-1
• Pagine: 269
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: Gender and Archaeology (Hardco; Gender and Archaeology
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria